The Innocents

Ever notice how God
never dwells on blame?
Yet it’s a powerful tool of self destruction
and the beginning of the end
for many fragile relationships.

When guilt is allowed to overshadow grace,
everything that God intends is subverted;
as if knowing whom to blame, self or others,
will change the way we think and feel
or turn back the clock somehow.

It cannot be the will of God
for the innocents to suffer
or those who love them
to accept the burden
of what’s beyond their control.

When evil falls like acid rain
and scorches tender skin,
I curse the pain, wail in grief,
and shout before the hill,
“Come down from that cross,

hold this child in tender arms
and breathe your spirit deep
into this family’s broken heart!
Stop the clock – yea, turn it back,
and Lazarus us once more!

© 2011 Todd Jenkins